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cause_n	affection_n	love_n	love_v	1,622	5	6.3349	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19143	The sermo[n] of doctor Colete, made to the conuocacion at Paulis; Oratio habita a D. Ioanne Colet ad clerum in convocatione. English	Colet, John, 1467?-1519.; Lupset, Thomas, 1495?-1530.	1530 (1530)	STC 5550; ESTC S111695	9,978	44

darkenes is reserued for euerlastynge Couetousnes is the thyrde secular euyll the whiche saynt Iohn̄ the apostell calleth concupiscence of the eies Saynt Paule calleth hit idolatry This abominable pestilēce hath so entred in the minde almost of all pristes and so hath blinded the eies of the minde that we are blynde to all thynges but onely vnto those whiche seme to brynge vnto vs some gaynes For what other thinge seke we nowe a dayes in the churche than fatte benefices and hygh promotions ye in the same promotions of what other thyng do we passe vpon thā of our tithes and rētes That we care nat howe many howe chargeful howe great benefices we take so that they be of greatte valure O couetousnes saint Paule iustly called the y e roote of all euyl Of y t comech this heaping of benefices vpon benefices Of the so great pensions assigned of many benefyces resygned Of the all the suynge for tithes for offrynge for mortuaries for delapidations by the right and title of the churche For the whiche thing we stryue no lesse thā for our owne life O couetousnes of the cometh these chargefull visitations of bysshops of the cometh the corruptnes of courtes and these daily newe inuētiōs where with the sely people are so sore vexed Of the cometh the besyte and wantonnes of officials O couetousnes mother of all iniquitie Of the cometh this feruēt study of ordinaries to dilate their iurisdictions Of the cometh this woode and ragenge contention in ordinaries of the insinuatiō of testamentes of the cometh the vndewe sequestration of frutes Of the cometh the superstitious obseruyng of al those lawes that soūde to any lucre settynge a syde and dispisynge those that concerne the amendmēt of maners what shuld I reherse the reste To be shorte and to conclude at one worde All corruptnes all the decaye of the churche all the offences of the worlde come of the couetousnes of prestes Accordynge to that of Saynt Paule that here I repete agayne and beate in to your eares Couetousnes is the roote of all euyll The fourthe secular euyll that spotteth and maketh yll fauored the face of the churche is the continuall secular occupation wherin prestes bysshops nowe a dayes doth besy thē selfe the seruātes rather of men than of god the warriours rather of this worlde than of Christe For the apostle Paule writeth vnto Timothe No man beinge goddes soudiour turmoyle hym selfe with seculare busynes The warrynge of them is nat carnall but spirituall For our warrynge is to pray to rede and study scriptures to preache the worde of god to ministre the sacramentes of helth to do sacrifice for the people and to offre hostis for their sinnes For we are mediatours and meanes vnto god for men The whiche saynt Paule witnessethe writynge to the Hebrewes Euery byshoppe sayth he taken of men is ordeyned for men in those thynges that be vnto god that he may offre gyftes and sacrifices for synnes wherfore those apostels that were the first pristes and byshops dydde so moche abhorre from all maner of medlyng of secular thinges that they wolde nat minystre the meate that was necessarye to poore people all though that were a great worke of vertue but they sayd it is nat mete that we shulde leaue the worde of god and serue tables we wyll be continually in prayer and preachynge the worde of god And saynt Paule crieth vnto the Corinthes If you haue any secular besynes ordeyne them to be iuges that be mooste in contempt in y e churche without dout of this secularitie and that clerkes and prestes leauyng all spiritualnes do turmoyle them selfe with erthly occupations many euils do folowe Fyrst the dignitie of pristhode is dysshonoured the whiche is greatter than other the kynges or emperours it is egall with the dignite of angels But the brightnes of this great dignitie is sore shadowed whan prestes are occupied in erthly thinges whose conuersation ought to be in heuen Secondarily pristhode is dispised whan there is no difference betwixt suche pristis and lay people but accordynge to the prophecy of Ozee As the people be so are the pristes Thyrdly the beautiful ordre and holy dignite in the churche is confused whā the highest in the churche do meddle with vile and erthly thynges and in theyr stede vile abiecte persons do exercise hygh and heuenly thinges Fourthly the laye people haue great occasion of euils and cause to fall whan those men whose dutie is to drawe men from the affection of this worlde by their continual conuersation in this worlde teche men to loue this worlde and of the loue of the worlde cast them downe heedlyng in to hell More ouer in suche pristes that are so besyed there must nedes folowe hypocrisy For whan they be so mixte and confused with the lay people vnder the garmēt and habite of a priste they lyue playnly after the lay facion Also by spiritual wekenes and bondage feare whan they are made weake with the waters of this worlde they dare neyther do nor say but suche thynges as they knowe to be pleasant and thākefull to their princis At laste ignorancy and blyndnes whan they are blynded with the darknes of this worlde they se nothynge but erthly thynges wherfore our sauiour Christe nat with out cause dyd warne the prelates of his churche Take hede sayde he lest your hartes be greued with glotony and dronkēnes and with the cares of this worlde with the cares saythe he of this worlde wherwith the hartes of pristes beynge sore charged they canne nat holde and lyfte vp their myndes to high and heuenly thinges Many other euils ther be beside those that folowe of the secularitie of pristis whiche were longe here to reherce but I make an ende These be the foure euyls that I haue spoken of O fathers O pristes by the whiche we are conformable to this worlde by the whiche the face of the churche is made euyll fauoured by the whiche the state of it is distroyed truly moche more thā it was in the begynnyng by the persecution of tyrantes or afterward by the inuasion that folowed of heretikes For in the persecution of tyrantes the churche beynge vexed was made stronger and bryghter In the inuasion of heretykes the churche beynge shaken was made wyser and more cunnyng in holy writte But sens this secularitie was broughte in after that the secular maner of lyuynge crepte in in the men of the churche the roote of all spirituall lyfe that is to say charite was extincte The whiche taken awaye there can nother wyse nor stronge churche be in god In this tyme also we perceyue contradiction of the laye people But they are nat so moche contrarye vnto vs as we are our selfe Nor theyr contrarines hurteth nat vs so moche as the contrarines of our euyll lyfe the whiche is contrary both to god and Christe For he sayd who that is nat with me is agaynst me we are also nowe a dayes greued of